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Trump is a good president Trump is a bad president
Debate Score:63
Arguments:46
Total Votes:66
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Is Donald Trump a good president?

Do you think Donald Trump is a good president for the USA?

Trump is a good president

Side Score: 41
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Trump is a bad president

Side Score: 22

I think he has the potential to be a great president. He's not hamstrung by special interest and lobbyists, and the Republican platform; he has the freedom to set his own agenda. Hopefully, they will be ones that will unleash the potential our country and benefit all, not just a few.

Side: Trump is a good president

Well, anyone sufficiently clever to become a billionaire in the 'cut and thrust' world of business must be clever, tenacious and possess an ability for sound judgment.

Everyone has strengths and weaknesses, but unlike many he has the prudence to recognize his weak areas, such as employing the professional services of chartered accountants specializing in compiling, legal but 'canny' tax returns.

Given the opportunity Trump's sanctimonious critics would of course avoid paying tax on part or all of their earnings.

Due to his business acumen and lack of preconceived notions of political correctness Trump will have the blinkers on and go for his goals in a single minded and determined manner.

I feel he will reward workers, enterprising entrepreneurs, innovation and professional excellence.

The parasites, the criminals and the hangers-on can expect a hard time from ''Captain America'', Donald Trump.

Will he be a great President? He'll certainly be a different President with the potential of being great.

After Obama's inertia his energy and radical proposals will be like a breath of fresh air, as fresh as the morning dew.

Cometh the hour, cometh the man.

Side: Trump is a good president
1 point

Donald Trump will provide much needed change in Washington by stopping corruption, appointing Constitutionalist SCOTUS justices, halting illegal immigration, and restoring the economy!

Side: Trump is a good president
cozmiccoz(1) Disputed
1 point

do your research moron! trump inherited all his money from daddy, and is infamous for managing to go broke, even with all that inherited money. go hump a cactus

Side: Trump is a bad president
4 points

This proves that he is smart and knows what tactics to use. He also was smart enough to find a way to legally avoid taxes. He even knows what to say when he makes mistakes, such as when Clinton complained about Trump not preparing for a debate.

Trump may seem crazy, but this is only to attract media attention. He is not really going to build a wall around Mexico. Though this does not mean he will do nothing. He may do things like deport all illegal migrants, which I don't find crazy. Illegally entering America already is a criminal offense.

This is why I think Donald Trump is a reasonable president.

Side: Trump is a good president
2 points

He also was smart enough to find a way to legally avoid taxes.

Newsflash: Every multi-millionaire and billionaire knows how to legally avoid taxes. That doesn't make them smart, it just means they have the money to pay for someone to figure it out for them.

This is why I think Donald Trump is a reasonable president.

You think Donald Trump is crazy because he knows how to get out of taxes and get poor families paying for his failed business attempts so he can continue living the luxury life he is used to?

Who in their right mind thinks he will make life better for the middle and lower class when he has spent his entire life fucking them over?

Side: Trump is a bad president
Catmarcus(23) Disputed
4 points

He will want to make America successful. If he does not, he would not want to give himself a bad impression. The whole point of becoming the president is to make money afterwards. He will not make money afterwards if he gives himself a bad impression.

Side: Trump is a good president
outlaw60(15368) Disputed
1 point

Newsflash : The tax laws are in place put there by the IRS don't like the laws of the IRS start you a petition to change what you see as unfair. Multi - Millionaires and Billionaires do they just exist in the Republican Party ?

Taxpayers are on the hook for more than $2.2 billion in expected costs from the federal government’s energy loan guarantee programs, according to a new audit Monday that suggests the controversial projects may not pay for themselves, as officials had promised.

Nearly $1 billion in loans have already defaulted under the Energy Department program, which included the infamous Solyndra stimulus project and dozens of other green technology programs the Obama administration has approved, totaling nearly about $30 billion in taxpayer backing, the Government Accountability Office reported in its audit.

The hefty $2.2 billion price tag is actually an improvement over initial estimates, which found the government was poised to face $4 billion in losses from the loan guarantees. But as the projects have come to fruition, they’ve performed better, leaving taxpayers with a shrinking — though still sizable — liability.

Poor families have paid for failed business attempts through taxation under the Obama Regime and he can continue living the luxury life.

Side: Trump is a good president
2 points

Donald Trump will provide much needed change in Washington by stopping corruption, appointing Constitutionalist SCOTUS justices, halting illegal immigration, and restoring the economy!

Side: Trump is a good president
1 point

Yes. Halting illegal immigration is the most important thing Trump should do. Those people shouldn't have entered in the first place. Entering already technically makes them a criminal for illegally entering the USA. USA is not a safehouse. It is a country, a country for people that are not criminals. These people come to america, take our money and use our resources while we get nothing back from them. If they want to live a good life, they need to earn it. They need to face their problems, not run away to America where there are no problems.

Side: Trump is a good president
2 points

He was the only real nationalist running for the job, of course he's a good president.

Side: Trump is a good president
1 point

He already won the vote. If he wasn't a good president, he wouldn't have been voted as president of the United States Of America.

Side: Trump is a good president
Cartman(18192) Disputed
2 points

The last 2 presidents weren't good presidents and they won the vote twice.

Side: Trump is a bad president
AlofRI(3294) Clarified
1 point

America has had SEVERAL horrible Presidents! He WAS NOT voted President by the USA, he was voted President by a minority, and the Electoral College! The last time that happened we had TWO Wars, created ISIS, lost a TON of jobs, and the USA went broke!

Side: Trump is a good president
Catmarcus(23) Disputed
1 point

I don't think america did that bad. Compare it to places like China. The quality of life is way better. In my opinion, America is the best country in the world.

Side: Trump is a bad president
1 point

Trump is not President, Obama is President. Trump is President-elect. Don't they teach kids anything in school any more?

Side: Trump is a good president
1 point

Well im sure that as soon as he becomes president he will do a fine job.

Side: Trump is a good president
1 point

He has done ass he said he would #makeitgreatagain I believe I am currently on the winning side, correct?

Side: Trump is a good president
2 points

Is Trump a good president?

That's like asking of the bible is a book to look to for morality. Or if god is real.

The answer to ALL those questions is a resounding and hearty "FUCK NO!"

SS

Side: Trump is a bad president
Catmarcus(23) Disputed
2 points

That does not tell me why you think Trump is a bad president.

Side: Trump is a good president
cozmiccoz(1) Disputed
1 point

lol. read the fucking news, moron.trump is a sexist, racist asshole. and you want him to run your country

Side: Trump is a bad president
KNHav(1957) Disputed
1 point

I see you ban when you realize your arguments are lame.

I guess you fear truth shining next to your darkness.

I get it those who love darkness cower away from light.

You are correct. He is going to judge and death penalty given!

And He will avenge all spilled blood that was spilled unjustly!

Like the babies, and the Christians, and the Jews.

He judges body and soul!

In the end He purchased all the worlds dust.

In the end all will be joined with their dust.

And some will be like clean new clothes ready for a wedding feast. And others will be putting on filthy rags from stains of the world without cleansing.

That is the reality. The violence and blood shed is the heart of msn. As beings who have eternal existence of soul, you see as man sees. God knows all those who lose their heads, He will reassemble them. And make them whole. Body and soul togethet with a body like Jesus we will be like Him.

The brokenness of "death" was separation from God, and also "dust you shall return" hopeless man separated from clothing of a body. Jesus came to heal us and make us whole.

The question, when He returns to you your clothes, will they be appropriate for His wedding feast, or will they be filthy rags?

Will they be white as snow cleansed by Jesus, or will they be dingy stained tattered rags not worthy of Him?

Side: Trump is a good president
1 point

Define "morality". Atheist morality? Tell us what that is, so we'll all know.

Side: Trump is a good president

Trump isn't the president yet, but if you're asking if he will be, then I highly doubt it.

Side: Trump is a bad president
outlaw60(15368) Disputed
1 point

Time to look at a post by you : Why are the debates here so personal?

It seems like we are very quick to ridicule opinions and values, shouldn't we aim higher and create a more welcoming debating community?

Don't live by your words now do you :Trump isn't the president yet, but if you're asking if he will be, then I highly doubt it.

Quick to ridicule this debate and you have made it personal ! In your Progressive world all must hold the views of Progressives. Typical Double Speak is your standard operating procedure.

Side: Trump is a good president
Catmarcus(23) Disputed
1 point

But he has been voted already and the government is working on it.

Side: Trump is a good president
1 point

What is your point ?

Side: Trump is a bad president
Catmarcus(23) Disputed
1 point

That doesn't tell me why do you doubt that Trump will be a good president?

Side: Trump is a good president
Catmarcus(23) Disputed
1 point

That doesn't tell me why do you doubt that Trump will be a good president?

Side: Trump is a good president
1 point

You are asking me if Donald Trump is a good president.

The answer is that he isn't a president.

Barack Obama leaves office in January, that means that he will be president until January, not November.

Side: Trump is a bad president
1 point

There should be a third column of "too soon to know". He hasn't even been sworn in yet.

I don't expect much good out of him. But I'll give him a fair shot.

Side: Trump is a bad president
1 point

Then you should be on the "Good President" side, shouldn't you?

Side: Trump is a bad president
1 point

I randomly chose this side. This should have been a perspective debate and worded differently. I guess you mean, will he be a good president?

Good and bad is harsh. Like every president, there will be bad decisions and good ones. And you also have to consider the fact that he will be automatically bad for the people who disagreed with his ideas.

Obviously, some of the things he wants to do will benefit some and will hurt others. But, for now he is just talk. I really do not know what to expect from him. He seems to be full of surprises.

Will he make America great again? Maybe but for me a bad president is one who does nothing. He will either make the US fall or rise. Both possibilities could be beneficial.

He seems to be a man of impulse. I argued in another debate that giving a impulsive man power can be dangerous. It can also not be.

What scares me the most though about Trump is he doesn't seem to want to change his position on the environment and international relations...

Side: Trump is a bad president
1 point

Trump is not President, Obama is President. Trump is President-elect. Don't they teach kids anything in school any more?

Side: Trump is a bad president
1 point

Exactly. Until he becomes the president and actully implements some policy who knows if he is good or bad.

Side: Trump is a bad president
1 point

Then again were any of them good? Thought not.

Side: Trump is a bad president
1 point

If the majority of America wants a racist, sexist idiot who is going to incite more terrorism by his actions than his bombs will ever stop, than yeah, I guess he's great. I don't know if we will ever be able to rectify his mistakes as they me be too world-shattering to ever change, but hopefully he will struggle to pass much more legislation and continues to hit the roadblocks we've already scene and sit alone and deluded in the white house while the world keeps on moving around America. Plus, there is suddenly an actual possibility of California leaving the States. If that's not telling, I dunno what is...

Side: Trump is a bad president
0 points

Donald Trumpet is not a good President, let me count the ways: He supports torture, he supports illegal wars, he supports indefinite detention, he supports the Patriot Act, he opposes the Affordable Care Act, fenefitted from the electoral college, is sexist towards women, and so on.

Side: Trump is a bad president
Atrag(5666) Disputed
2 points

I think his name is Donald Trump.

Side: Trump is a good president
Sitar(3680) Clarified
1 point

Yes, but I cal him Donald Rump, or Donald Trumpet.........................................

Side: Trump is a good president